Despite shipping two goals, the Spaniard's efforts were recognised with two bonus points. He made 10 recoveries and won six tackles in defence and also raided forward from right-back, completing five dribbles.

The ICT Index

Zaha also sat top of the ICT Index in this match, although there were some modest scores on show.

A total of 11.4 was enough to see Zaha prevail, with his goal and assist helping him to a score of 59 for Influence.

Benteke ranked second with a score of 9.7 in the Index. This was mainly thanks to a score of 43 for Threat, generated from six touches in the Boro penalty area and his one on-target effort for the goal.

Christian Benteke opened his account for Crystal Palace with his only effort on goal in Saturday's victory

Stewart Downing (£5.4m) ranked third courtesy of 58 for Creativity - the highest tally on show.

The winger teed up three chances for team-mates and attempted 15 crosses - more than any other player in Gameweek 4 so far.

The Scout Notes

Zaha's rise to prominence in this match could indicate that he could be a factor in our FPL seasons, although his record in previous campaigns promotes caution; he recorded only two goals and five assists from 34 outings last season.

The Potters sit bottom of the table, having conceded 10 goals over their four matches to date.

Middlesbrough's Alvaro Negredo (£6.9m) has now gone three matches without a goal and has recorded only three attempts in those outings.

Found in 32.1% of squads, the Spaniard was shown the exit door by more than 15,000 FPL managers in the last 24 hours - only Manchester City's Sergio Aguero (£13.0m) and Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho (£8.2m) suffered more sales.